Finance Priorities
As stewards of the university’s resources, the finance team focuses on the following.
- Assess efficiency across all administrative functions by developing a comprehensive benchmarking regime
- Ensure the availability of robust financial resources by continued expenditure control, revenue diversification, and endowment and investment maximization
- Facilitate and implement recommendations that will engineer Temple's shift to a more customer-centric culture aligned with solutions-focused processes
- Monitor Temple Health finances and operations; advise the president and board on risk and exposure for the university
- Oversee the complex financial affairs for the university budget including responsibility for a myriad of internal controls and external reporting requirements
- Provide leadership and support for all aspects of Temple's Responsibility Center Management model since its implementation in FY 2015
- Safeguard the viability of future strategic investment by protecting and enhancing Temple’s balance sheet and growing the more than $2 billion in university assets
- Support strong student demand and revenue growth by aligning resources with priorities and opportunities and ensuring capital projects are on schedule with a viable financial plan
